NERS/BIOE 481
Lecture 02
Radiation Physics

II. Radiation Physics (Detailed Syllabus)

  1. Properties of materials
  2. Properties of radiation
  3. Radiation interactions
  4. X-ray generation
Reading (pdf):
Assigned Sorenson, Ch.1 9 pgs Basic Atomic and Nuclear Physics, Pgs 1-9.
Assigned Barrett, App.C 20 pgs Interaction of Photons with Matter.
Resource Tabata, 1996 NIM 8 pgs Journal paper, electron extrapolated range.
Resource King, 2011 PMB 21 pgs Journal paper, tissue incoherent scattering.
Resource Bohr1913:   I ,   II 24,26 pg N. Bohr, Atomic model, Philos. Mag.
Lecture Material:

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Homework: L02-HW01   (pdf)
    Answer : L02-HW01+ (pdf)
Links
WebElements Periodic table of the elements (Univ Sheffield)
ESTAR Stopping power and range tables for electrons (NIST)
XCOM Photon cross sections database (NIST)
Char. Xrays X-ray Transition Energies Database (NIST)
X-Ray Data X-ray Data Booklet (LBNL)